Kyler Murray makes decision on NFL combine

Murray will head to Indianapolis later this month

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Oakland Athletics’ Kyler Murray, 20, takes batting practice before a MLB game against the Los Angeles Angels at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, June 15, 2018. Murray, a 2018 first-round draft pick, just signed with the Oakland Athletics but will continue to play quarterback at the University of Oklahoma. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)

If Kyler Murray is actually going to be in camp with the A’s this spring, he’ll be taking at least a brief hiatus about two weeks into it.

Murray is deciding to attend the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis later this month, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The combine takes place Feb. 26-March 4 in Indianapolis, just 11 days after Murray is expected to report along with the rest of the A’s position players Feb. 15 in Arizona.

Murray is on the NFL’s list of participants for the combine that was released Thursday, though the Heisman Trophy winner has not officially confirmed his participation.

During last week’s A’s FanFest, executive vice president Billy Beane said the club had not yet discussed whether Murray would be allowed to leave for the combine and return to big league camp upon completion, nor was it discussed in the A’s meeting with Murray’s representatives in Dallas last month.

Murray is a projected first-round pick by most NFL draft experts, but working out and measuring in front of scouts and front offices at the combine will allow him a better idea of where he stands in the eyes of NFL teams ahead of April’s draft.